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Rhynchopora magna

Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae

Taxonomy
Rhynchopora magna was named by Cooper (1957). Its type specimen is USNM 125293, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UO 2202-2, "Triangulation Hill", Grindstone-Twelvemile Creek area, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. hamburgensis, R. kollari, R. longa, R. perryensis, R. persinuata, R. rowleyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Rhynchopora magna Cooper pp. 54-55 figs. Pl 9A, figs 1-10; pl 10D, figs 18-31
1971Rhynchopora magna Bamber and Waterhouse figs. Pl 12, figs 10
1996Rhynchopora magna Shi and Waterhouse p. 112 figs. Pl 20, figs 28-34; pl 21, figs 1-13; text-figs 37,38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderRhynchonellidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyRhynchoporoideaMuir-Wood 1955
familyRhynchoporidaeMuir-Wood 1955
subfamilyRhynchoporinaeMuir-Wood 1955
genusRhynchoporaKing 1865
speciesmagna

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rhynchopora magna Cooper 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2712.89.0019.013.02.60

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:12:25
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:12:25
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (Yukon) Rhynchopora magna (101727)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Rhynchopora magna (117168 117169 117684 117720 117727 117733 117758 117759)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Yukon) Rhynchopora magna (117736 117746 117750)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (British Columbia) Rhynchopora magna (82123)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oregon) Rhynchopora magna (40961 type locality: 40969 40975 40978 41228 41230 41247 41252 41253 41255 41256 41267 41270 41275 41277 129169 129172 129175 129177)